No Pain, No Gain This week's chapter of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way was very good. It made me take a deep breath, grumble and groan, but it was good. I had to face the many ways in which I block myself from writing. I say so many negative things to myself in my head,… Continue reading The Artist’s Way, Week 3, Chapter 2: Writer’s Self Doubt
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The Artist’s Way, Week 2, Ch. 1: The Artist’s Date & Morning Pages
My Second Chapter of Reading The Artist's Way Reading chapter 1 of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way was not easy. My mind wanted me to skip over it, or parts of it. It said, "What are you doing? This is stupid. You read this just last year! What a waste of time." But I told… Continue reading The Artist’s Way, Week 2, Ch. 1: The Artist’s Date & Morning Pages
The Artist’s Way, Week 1, Ch. 0: The 10 Principles Creative People Should Live By
After so long, I am so excited - scared! nervous! ack! - to finally be starting my Artist's Way journey. Again. With you! It is both nerve-wracking and wonderful. When I started this book last spring/summer with a group of friends, it was a group adventure. We were all in it together, and I didn't… Continue reading The Artist’s Way, Week 1, Ch. 0: The 10 Principles Creative People Should Live By
My Blog Mission – Makeover Day 1
The first assignment I got today as part of the 10 Day Blog Makeover, by Daniela Uslan, was this: Write your blog mission statement. Uslan goes on to say that the mission of your blog is the fuel for your blog. It's what everything in your blog should center around - even your headings! Fortunately,… Continue reading My Blog Mission – Makeover Day 1
The Crazy, Starving, Disorganized Writer
This is me right now. Crazy, starving and disorganized. From Sharon's Super Secret Eden Blog I'll have a moment where I'm totally in the writing, sweetly diving in, getting all these great ideas...zoning out, like the lady in the above picture... And then I'm like this the next day: N Not a word… Continue reading The Crazy, Starving, Disorganized Writer
Recovering Self-Identity: Reading The Artist’s Way, Part 2
Image from fengshuidana.com As I said in my most recent post, I am now reading Julia Cameron's famous book on discovering and recovering your creative self, The Artist's Way. AW is a book that I was skeptic on in the past, and even as I began reading it, I felt skeptical. After all, I have… Continue reading Recovering Self-Identity: Reading The Artist’s Way, Part 2
Typing Madly 